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Beryl honoured with Nancy-Bird Walton Memorial aviation award
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Teen dies following stabbing in Narromine By SHARON BONTHUYS NARROMINE and surrounding communities are in shock following the stabbing death of a 16-year-old boy on Friday, April 26. Emergency services were called to a home on Nymagee Street, Narromine, around 9 pm where officers attached to Orana Mid-Western Police District arrived to fi nd a 16-year-old boy with stab injuries to his neck. He was treated at the scene by NSW Ambulance paramedics before being taken to Dubbo airport, where he died. Police established a crime scene and detectives launched an investigation into the incident. Following inquiries, police arrested a 26-year-old man at a home nearby. He was taken to Dubbo Police Station where he was charged with murder, refused bail, and appeared in Dubbo Local Court on Sunday, April 28. A GoFundMe campaign has been created by family friend Mikaylia Frawley to raise funds for the young man’s funeral. At the time of writing, more than $3,600 had been raised from over 60 donations. “This has been a shock to everyone and we are struggling to wrap our heads around this horrific incident,” Ms Frawley wrote on the GoFundMe page she established. Continued page 6
Aerobatics set to sizzle in the skies above Narromine
Avalicious takes the Cup at top-class Tomingley Picnic Races STORY & PHOTOS: PAGE 24
How the Shire commemorated ANZAC Day 2024
ended up on the Gallipoli peninsula in April 1915, and our countries paid a heavy price for following this directive. Each year, our communities gather on April 25 to remember, ref lect, and honour those who served in that conf lict. Dawn Services were held in Trangie and Narromine on what was a very cold autumn day this year, with mid-morning services and street marches also held in both locations. A service was also held at the Commonwealth War Cemetery in Narromine, and floral tributes were also left at the Narromine Aviation Museum and the memorial at the council chambers to the Kurrajong trees planted along Dandaloo Street in memory of lives lost in World War I. There was no commemorative service held at Tomingley on the day.
By SHARON BONTHUYS CROWDS were down a little across the region this year, but the communities of the Narromine Shire still came out to commemorate one of the most important days on the calendar — ANZAC Day. This year marks the 109th anniversary of what the Australian War Memorial describes as “the first major military action fought by Australian and New Zealand forces during the First World War.” The ANZAC acronym is derived from this collaborative military effort by the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps. Australia had become a nation in its own right with Federation on January 1, 1901, and as part of the Commonwealth together with our neighbours, New Zealand, and other countries supported British war efforts after the First World War began in 1914. This is how ANZAC forces
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